About life, work & fun in Hwange
Matopos is 30min drive South from Bulawayo, 2nd biggest city in the country. It is much smaller than Hwange, but landscape is completelly different: hills, rivers, lakes, canyons and boulders. Animals are not so common eventhough the park shelter the...
Hwange National Park (formerly called Wankie) is the largest game reserve in Zimbabwe. The park lies in the northwestern part of the country (19°00'S, 26°30'E, see map), on the main road between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls, bordering Botswana (see map...
Ok, I guess somewhere in my blog, my name should appear right?? So, here we go. I'm Stephanie Periquet, French, born (in 1985) and raised in Grenoble, Isere. I've always loved nature and wildlife and completely fell in love with Africa during a trip to...
The Hoanib river is famous for its desert adapted lions and elephants, Amspoort gorge where it reaches the Skeleton Coast NP dunes and its very very big acacia, see for yourself! View on the Hoanib river bed from a above Looking back into the Palmwag...
I was not in Africa for this eclipse but in my home town, Grenoble, France. And this was hell of a show that Mother Nature offered us! I didn't get nice shots of the 2 previous lunar eclipses I witnessed (in winter 2015 one in the Kalahari and in July...
All the way at the top of the Marienfluss flow the Kunene river. It forms the border between Namibia and Angola and is flowing year around. This years was no different, and despite the drought, serious water was still flowing towards the ocean. We spent...
One of the famous things to "see" in the Kaokovled are the drums. They are just drums of different colours marking key junctions and used as advertising boards by many companies. its of people also left their names there... Groendrom (17°49'19"S 12°09'11"E)...
The Namib-Naukluft NP is quite large and has several sections. The one in the North is called the Swakop section and is the one you cross when driving from Windhoek to Walvis Bay. To leave the main roads you need a permit as you do to be allowed to camp...
Between flat plains covered with Cataphractus and Mopane, rolling hills of sharp dolomite rocks, termite mounts of a diversity of colours, stromatolite rocks (one's of the earliest fossils)... Typical large Mopane tree, termite mount and sharp dolomites...
It took us 3 days from the Kunene to reach Opuwo (and the end of our time in the wilderness...). We drove through to red drum and then down to Orupembe. From there, we crossed the mountains to Opuwo first going North than full East. The road D3703 was...
From the Hoanib river, we drove to Puros through Ganias plains and Puros Canyon. We found some "serious" water still flowing in the Hoarusib river (we met people stranded with a wet engine...), nothing really bad but some deep crossings at time. We spent...
Ok so it was my first time in the Richtersveld and after having heard soooo much about it, I was very impatient to discover it for myself. And let me tell you, it is a truly amazing place! So the Richtersveld is the South African part of the |Ai-|Ais-Richterveld...
Hi everyone! ShumbAfrica Safaris has been quiet but it doesn't mean nothing happened! I have organised a total of 4 trips (3 in Namibia, 1 in South Africa) until now, and I must say I like it! I was fortunate enough to have all my clients being extremely...
The canyon formed by the Sesriem river is quite impressive and not expected! It is located 5km from Sesriem rest camp and their are paths to walk all the way along the canyon at the top of the cliffs and then down the gorge. At the very tip of the gore...
During the South African part of our journey, we spent a few days in the Namaqua. The place is so beautiful and rough! We didn't see many people, but they were a few campers. The weather was quite nice but it was definitely chilly and windy! Koringkorrel...
Palmwag is known for its desert adapted elephants population. It is a huge concession bordering the Skeleton Coast NP to the East. The camp at the entrance (now operated by Gondwana) offers campsites and chalets. It's a bit overpriced, at least for the...
As some of you might know, I'm currently turning an idea into reality. I have been thinking for a while about organising customised trips for people to come visit Africa since I know the place quite well by now... And this is how ShumbAfrica Safaris was...
Hey guys! So here are some fresh news. I have been in France since early May doing some research consulting work. But now the call of the bush is way to strong and I'm heading back to Africa for a month long road trip! It'll start in SA where Kenji has...
At the north west of Maun lays the Mababe depression. The are used to be covered by a lake a very long time ago, and due to its soil with a very high clay content, the area still fills up with a lot of water after the rains making driving there almost...
We did not see any cats during our stay in Marakele but we did see 16 species of herbivores, including amazing encounters with Nyala at the bird hide.... Stunning nyala bull What is there? Have a drink ladies, I'll keep watch! Just you and me Another...
Lüderitz is well known to be windy and it is not an understatement! The wind was really strong when we were there, but apparently it was just a normal day judging by what the locals told me!! The drive from Aus is stunning, crossing vast plains with mountains...
I don't think words can describe how it feels to watch the water creeps along the channels and fill the floodplains... We spent the whole day (13th of March 2018) watching its progress, followed by hundreds of egrets and herons feasting on the insects...
Marakele is a small national park and we didn't think much of it. We were just looking for a relaxed few days in the bush. And I must say we enjoyed our stay there beyond expectations!! The park is divided in 2 sections. The small western section has...
For those of you who have been following, I have been working at CCF since May 2017. Unfortunately, this job was not working out for me as I want to be involved in research and science, which is not happening at CCF... So, I resigned from my position...
Silvermine nature reserve is located around a pass on the Old Kaapse weg (old Cape Town road). It's an ideal place for a hike with magnificent view on the peninsula. Despite its name, silver was never found there and the water from the reservoir is now...
